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Volatilisation — Cropland nitrogen per unit area by country

The Cropland Nutrient balance domain contains information on the flows of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium from mineral fertilizer, manure applied, atmospheric deposition, crop removal, and biological fixation over cropland and per unit area of cropland. The flows are aggregated to total inputs and total...

Countries reporting
201
Highest
1,027 kg/ha
Faroe Islands
Lowest
0 kg/ha
Guadeloupe
Median
19.87 kg/ha
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,500

What the numbers show

Volatilisation — Cropland nitrogen per unit area is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 1,027 kg/ha in Faroe Islands; the lowest is 0 kg/ha in Guadeloupe.

The median across all reporting countries is 19.87 kg/ha, and the mean is 33.67 kg/ha.

Over the past decade 107 countries rose and 93 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 633.2%), and the largest decrease in Bahrain (down 93.3%).

Volatilisation — Cropland nitrogen per unit area: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Faroe Islands 1,027 kg/ha 2023 down 56.4% volatile
2 Singapore 402.65 kg/ha 2023 down 6.8% volatile
3 Kuwait 199.33 kg/ha 2023 up 43.4% flat
4 China, Hong Kong SAR 189.33 kg/ha 2023 up 36.2% rising
5 Brunei Darussalam 139.55 kg/ha 2023 up 13.0% volatile
6 Belgium-Luxembourg 118.34 kg/ha 1999 down 13.1% rising
7 Montenegro 116.68 kg/ha 2023 down 15.5% falling
8 Turkmenistan 109.95 kg/ha 2023 up 51.8% rising
9 Egypt 96.92 kg/ha 2023 up 6.1% rising
10 Uzbekistan 86.79 kg/ha 2023 up 41.3% rising
11 Suriname 86.23 kg/ha 2023 up 129.1% rising
12 Belgium 82.87 kg/ha 2023 down 26.1% rising
13 Ireland 80.16 kg/ha 2023 down 4.1% rising
14 Costa Rica 71.59 kg/ha 2023 up 1.9% rising
15 China, mainland 69.93 kg/ha 2023 down 13.3% rising
16 China 69.91 kg/ha 2023 down 13.3% rising
17 Republic of Korea 68.5 kg/ha 2023 up 14.7% rising
18 Barbados 68.25 kg/ha 2023 down 7.3% rising
19 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 66.19 kg/ha 2023 down 5.2% falling
20 China, Taiwan Province of 66.01 kg/ha 2023 down 16.0% volatile
21 Trinidad and Tobago 65.45 kg/ha 2023 down 27.6% volatile
22 Qatar 63.31 kg/ha 2023 up 66.3% volatile
23 Bangladesh 60.43 kg/ha 2023 up 26.9% volatile
24 Micronesia (Federated States of) 60.1 kg/ha 2023 up 7.4% rising
25 Mongolia 59.58 kg/ha 2023 up 91.2% rising
26 Norway 56.89 kg/ha 2023 up 7.4% rising
27 Switzerland 55.75 kg/ha 2023 down 8.0% falling
28 Viet Nam 53.97 kg/ha 2023 down 3.0% volatile
29 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 53.39 kg/ha 2023 down 5.5% rising
30 Djibouti 53.02 kg/ha 2023 down 24.5% falling
31 Guyana 52.27 kg/ha 2023 down 7.1% rising
32 Malta 52.21 kg/ha 2023 down 10.7% rising
33 Pakistan 48.06 kg/ha 2023 up 26.1% volatile
34 United Arab Emirates 47.84 kg/ha 2023 down 35.0% volatile
35 Colombia 45.47 kg/ha 2023 down 27.5% volatile
36 Denmark 43.75 kg/ha 2023 up 3.7% falling
37 Chile 42.97 kg/ha 2023 down 7.5% volatile
38 Jordan 42.11 kg/ha 2023 up 56.2% volatile
39 Belize 40.51 kg/ha 2023 up 1.4% volatile
40 Thailand 39.67 kg/ha 2023 up 60.4% volatile
41 New Caledonia 39.64 kg/ha 2023 up 4.1% rising
42 Tajikistan 39.63 kg/ha 2023 up 102.4% rising
43 France 37.72 kg/ha 2023 down 11.8% rising
44 Belarus 37.36 kg/ha 2023 down 5.2% rising
45 India 36.69 kg/ha 2023 up 21.5% volatile
46 Croatia 35.69 kg/ha 2023 up 4.9% flat
47 Czechia 35.5 kg/ha 2023 down 24.8% rising
48 Austria 35.39 kg/ha 2023 down 11.9% flat
49 Oman 34.65 kg/ha 2023 down 37.2% volatile
50 Seychelles 34.23 kg/ha 2023 up 51.0% volatile
51 Brazil 34.09 kg/ha 2023 up 36.8% volatile
52 Germany 34.06 kg/ha 2023 down 29.9% falling
53 Slovenia 33.42 kg/ha 2023 down 5.8% falling
54 Georgia 33.11 kg/ha 2023 up 104.4% rising
55 Poland 32.49 kg/ha 2023 up 3.8% rising
56 Iceland 31.54 kg/ha 2023 up 2.5% falling
57 Bosnia and Herzegovina 31.45 kg/ha 2023 down 2.6% rising
58 Cyprus 31.29 kg/ha 2023 down 9.1% rising
59 Bulgaria 30.79 kg/ha 2023 up 12.6% falling
60 Serbia 30.77 kg/ha 2023 down 31.3% falling
61 Luxembourg 30.47 kg/ha 2023 down 20.8% rising
62 Czechoslovakia 30.41 kg/ha 1992 down 41.4% rising
63 Dominican Republic 29.68 kg/ha 2023 up 32.0% rising
64 Slovakia 29.6 kg/ha 2023 down 4.0% rising
65 Uruguay 29.35 kg/ha 2023 up 3.0% volatile
66 Malawi 29.24 kg/ha 2023 up 252.8% volatile
67 Israel 28.8 kg/ha 2023 down 28.6% rising
68 Guatemala 28.45 kg/ha 2023 down 10.1% rising
69 Sweden 28.37 kg/ha 2023 up 4.9% flat
70 Japan 28.11 kg/ha 2023 down 0.8% falling
71 Indonesia 27.83 kg/ha 2023 up 9.2% volatile
72 Italy 27.71 kg/ha 2023 down 14.9% rising
73 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 26.59 kg/ha 2023 down 26.0% rising
74 Cook Islands 26.43 kg/ha 2023 down 24.2% volatile
75 Portugal 26.08 kg/ha 2023 down 14.2% rising
76 Honduras 26.01 kg/ha 2023 up 23.7% volatile
77 Lao People's Democratic Republic 25.69 kg/ha 2023 up 90.7% rising
78 Türkiye 25.49 kg/ha 2023 up 22.4% volatile
79 Lebanon 25.47 kg/ha 2023 down 17.1% rising
80 Panama 24.98 kg/ha 2023 up 45.1% rising
81 Mauritius 24.76 kg/ha 2023 down 26.7% rising
82 Nepal 24.12 kg/ha 2023 up 4.3% volatile
83 Hungary 23.72 kg/ha 2023 down 15.4% flat
84 Canada 23.66 kg/ha 2023 up 23.3% volatile
85 Saudi Arabia 23.42 kg/ha 2023 up 50.3% volatile
86 Puerto Rico 22.93 kg/ha 2023 down 10.6% rising
87 Spain 22.7 kg/ha 2023 down 11.2% rising
88 Greece 22.47 kg/ha 2023 up 8.9% flat
89 Yugoslav SFR 21.73 kg/ha 1991 down 25.4% rising
90 Philippines 21.7 kg/ha 2023 up 16.4% rising
91 Romania 21.67 kg/ha 2023 up 22.9% falling
92 Botswana 21.58 kg/ha 2023 down 16.1% volatile
93 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 21.5 kg/ha 2023 up 22.5% volatile
94 Bahamas 21.5 kg/ha 2023 down 35.7% rising
95 Mexico 21.04 kg/ha 2023 up 0.8% rising
96 Ecuador 20.68 kg/ha 2023 down 28.0% volatile
97 Albania 20.47 kg/ha 2023 down 27.0% rising
98 Lithuania 20.38 kg/ha 2023 down 19.7% rising
99 Zambia 20.19 kg/ha 2023 up 53.3% volatile
100 Australia 19.91 kg/ha 2023 up 69.0% rising
101 Australia and New Zealand 19.87 kg/ha 2023 up 67.2% rising
102 El Salvador 19.73 kg/ha 2023 down 32.1% falling
103 Latvia 19.47 kg/ha 2023 down 2.8% rising
104 Tuvalu 19.04 kg/ha 2023 up 2.2% rising
105 Estonia 18.99 kg/ha 2023 down 3.9% rising
106 Saint Lucia 18.91 kg/ha 2023 up 27.7% falling
107 Nicaragua 18.62 kg/ha 2023 up 33.5% rising
108 Fiji 18.07 kg/ha 2023 up 15.9% rising
109 Malaysia 17.79 kg/ha 2023 down 28.0% volatile
110 New Zealand 17.65 kg/ha 2023 up 3.7% volatile
111 North Macedonia 17.3 kg/ha 2023 down 21.6% rising
112 USSR 17.24 kg/ha 1991 down 3.1% rising
113 Finland 17.23 kg/ha 2023 down 1.8% falling
114 Peru 16.92 kg/ha 2023 down 18.7% rising
115 Kyrgyzstan 16.43 kg/ha 2023 up 5.0% rising
116 Bahrain 16.28 kg/ha 2023 down 93.3% volatile
117 Jamaica 15.84 kg/ha 2023 down 11.2% rising
118 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 15.58 kg/ha 2023 down 6.9% volatile
119 Nauru 15.56 kg/ha 2023 up 0.9% rising
120 Sri Lanka 15.42 kg/ha 2023 down 16.1% rising
121 Grenada 15.21 kg/ha 2023 up 17.5% volatile
122 Maldives 14.57 kg/ha 2023 up 2.2% volatile
123 Eswatini 13.99 kg/ha 2023 up 22.8% rising
124 Republic of Moldova 13.55 kg/ha 2023 up 58.1% flat
125 Cambodia 12.55 kg/ha 2023 up 55.0% rising
126 Antigua and Barbuda 12.21 kg/ha 2023 down 22.5% rising
127 Armenia 11.81 kg/ha 2023 down 68.3% volatile
128 Caribbean 11.18 kg/ha 2023 down 8.1% falling
129 Paraguay 11.17 kg/ha 2023 up 0.1% rising
130 Ethiopia 10.94 kg/ha 2023 up 117.2% rising
131 Iraq 10.63 kg/ha 2023 down 1.1% volatile
132 Argentina 10.5 kg/ha 2023 up 44.9% volatile
133 Namibia 10.08 kg/ha 2023 up 111.1% volatile
134 Papua New Guinea 10.05 kg/ha 2023 up 18.3% rising
135 Azerbaijan 9.72 kg/ha 2023 up 77.6% volatile
136 Melanesia 9.66 kg/ha 2023 up 13.9% rising
137 Kenya 9.62 kg/ha 2023 up 8.1% rising
138 Ukraine 9.61 kg/ha 2023 down 13.0% rising
139 Zimbabwe 8.4 kg/ha 2023 up 70.5% falling
140 Morocco 8.17 kg/ha 2023 up 6.6% volatile
141 Russian Federation 8.17 kg/ha 2023 up 44.6% falling
142 Myanmar 8.1 kg/ha 2023 down 40.5% rising
143 Mauritania 7.58 kg/ha 2023 up 6.0% rising
144 Cabo Verde 7.37 kg/ha 2023 down 10.7% volatile
145 Tonga 7.34 kg/ha 2023 down 5.3% rising
146 Polynesia 7 kg/ha 2023 down 15.4% rising
147 South Sudan 6.98 kg/ha 2023 up 24.9% rising
148 Bhutan 6.73 kg/ha 2023 down 5.5% rising
149 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 6.54 kg/ha 2023 down 5.9% rising
150 Samoa 6.34 kg/ha 2023 down 23.5% volatile
151 French Polynesia 6.25 kg/ha 2023 down 13.6% rising
152 Saint Kitts and Nevis 5.84 kg/ha 2023 up 12.2% volatile
153 Rwanda 5.72 kg/ha 2023 up 22.5% volatile
154 Burundi 5.64 kg/ha 2023 up 127.7% volatile
155 Sao Tome and Principe 5.61 kg/ha 2023 up 11.4% volatile
156 Gabon 5.53 kg/ha 2023 up 91.1% volatile
157 Benin 5.53 kg/ha 2023 up 269.9% volatile
158 Haiti 5.49 kg/ha 2023 up 5.5% falling
159 Madagascar 5.38 kg/ha 2023 up 28.3% rising
160 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 5.36 kg/ha 2023 down 71.1% volatile
161 United Republic of Tanzania 5.33 kg/ha 2023 up 44.8% volatile
162 Togo 5.17 kg/ha 2023 up 96.3% volatile
163 Dominica 5.02 kg/ha 2023 down 42.9% volatile
164 Guinea-Bissau 4.98 kg/ha 2023 down 14.2% rising
165 Tunisia 4.93 kg/ha 2023 up 13.9% volatile
166 Chad 4.83 kg/ha 2023 up 69.2% volatile
167 Ghana 4.31 kg/ha 2023 up 50.9% volatile
168 Gambia 4.26 kg/ha 2023 up 633.2% volatile
169 Angola 4.24 kg/ha 2023 up 10.9% rising
170 Cuba 4.15 kg/ha 2023 down 57.5% volatile
171 Afghanistan 3.97 kg/ha 2023 down 2.9% rising
172 Yemen 3.88 kg/ha 2023 down 48.8% volatile
173 Mozambique 3.87 kg/ha 2023 up 51.3% rising
174 Uganda 3.86 kg/ha 2023 up 53.4% volatile
175 Burkina Faso 3.82 kg/ha 2023 down 12.8% volatile
176 Algeria 3.59 kg/ha 2023 up 12.4% rising
177 Syrian Arab Republic 3.51 kg/ha 2023 up 118.1% volatile
178 Lesotho 3.46 kg/ha 2023 down 58.7% volatile
179 Liberia 3.38 kg/ha 2023 down 5.8% rising
180 Mali 3.28 kg/ha 2023 down 24.7% rising
181 Eritrea 3.24 kg/ha 2023 up 9.3% falling
182 Cameroon 3.17 kg/ha 2023 up 13.0% rising
183 Sudan (former) 3.15 kg/ha 2011 up 1.3% rising
184 Kiribati 3.03 kg/ha 2023 down 4.9% volatile
185 Libya 2.93 kg/ha 2023 down 46.1% volatile
186 Sudan 2.92 kg/ha 2023 up 50.9% rising
187 Senegal 2.52 kg/ha 2023 down 29.0% volatile
188 Ethiopia PDR 2.35 kg/ha 1992 up 60.2% rising
189 Kazakhstan 2.31 kg/ha 2023 up 8.6% rising
190 Côte d'Ivoire 2.23 kg/ha 2023 up 51.0% rising
191 Vanuatu 2.08 kg/ha 2023 down 33.4% rising
192 Nigeria 2.07 kg/ha 2023 down 33.2% volatile
193 Sierra Leone 1.66 kg/ha 2023 up 68.2% rising
194 Congo 1.62 kg/ha 2023 up 33.4% volatile
195 Solomon Islands 1.52 kg/ha 2023 down 38.7% rising
196 Equatorial Guinea 1.43 kg/ha 2023 up 36.3% volatile
197 Guinea 1.43 kg/ha 2023 up 67.0% volatile
198 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.8998 kg/ha 2023 up 61.0% rising
199 Niger 0.7514 kg/ha 2023 up 28.9% rising
200 Comoros 0.6913 kg/ha 2023 up 60.4% rising
201 Guadeloupe 0 kg/ha 2023 — volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Volatilisation — Cropland nitrogen per unit area
Unit
kg/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
233 places, 13,500 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

The Cropland Nutrient balance domain contains information on the flows of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium from mineral fertilizer, manure applied, atmospheric deposition, crop removal, and biological fixation over cropland and per unit area of cropland. The flows are aggregated to total inputs and total outputs, from which the overall nutrient balance and nutrient use efficiency on cropland are calculated. Statistics are disseminated in units of tonnes and in kg/ha, as appropriate. Nutrient use efficiency is expressed as a fraction (%).